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Get the Dirt on Soil This New Year

December 28, 2003 New Tree Planting Procedures: What a Difference

December 25, 2003 How to Make Your Christmas Cactus Bloom again Next Christmas

Citrus for North Florida

December 21, 2003 Tools Make Good Christmas Gifts for the Gardener

December 14, 2003 Choosing Small Trees for Small Yards

December 18, 2003 Christmas Books for Gardeners

December 11, 2003 Two New Flowers for the Winter Garden

December 1, 2003 December in the Tallahassee Gardens

December 4, 2003 Adopt an American Hornbeam Tree

November 2003 A Story of Mighty and Minnie Pine

November 30, 2003 See Camellia Christmas at Maclay Garden

November 2003 Want to Become a Master Gardener?

November 23, 2003 Selecting Your Christmas Tree

November 20, 2003 Improving Soil Health In Your Planting Beds

November 16, 2003 Plant A Spring Cottage Garden Now In Fall

November 13, 2003 That Infernal Air Potato

November 9, 2003 Naturalizing Daffodils in the Landscape

November 6, 2003 Native Plants Add Fall Color and Attract Wildlife

November 01, 2003 - November in the Tallahassee Garden

October 26, 2003 Plant Bulbs in Fall for Spring Color

October 23, 2003 Yellow Leaves and Some Other Plant Changes Are Normal in the Fall

October 30, 2003 Mimosa Loses Favor in Native Landscapes

October 16, 2003 Fall Is Spectacular Season in the Garden

October 12, 2003 Horticulture Extravaganza Will Show You How to Have a Florida Friendly Yard

October 09, 2003 Asiatic Jasmine Is Good Groundcover But Must Be Maintained

October 2, 2003 - Let the Buyer Beware when Buying Sod

October 01, 2003  October in the Tallahassee Garden

September 28, 2003 - Fall Is Time to Plant Strawberries

September 25, 2003 Mexican Bush Sage Blooms in Fall

September 14, 2003 - Late Summer and Fall Lawn Problems

September 11, 2003 Prepare for Fall Gardening

September 07, 2003 September in the Tallahassee Garden

September 4, 2003 Firespike Sets the Fall Garden Ablaze

August 31, 2003 Planting a Fall Vegetable Garden

August 28, 2003 Pretty Peppers Decorate Area Gardens

August 24, 2003 Use Proper Fertilizer and Timing for Fall Fertilization

August 21, 2003 Some Oaks Experiencing Slow Death

August 17, 2003 Glossy Abelia Stands the Test of Time

August 14, 2003 Your Sago Palm May Have Manganese Deficiency

August 10, 2003 Larval/Host Plants for Butterflies

August 7, 2003 Consider Insecticidal Soap for Insect Control

August 03, 2003 - August in the Tallahassee Garden

July 31, 2003 How One Home Gardener Dealt with Chronic Centipede lawn Problems

July 27, 2003 Lace Bugs and Spider Mites

July 24, 2003 Colorful Caladiums

July 20, 2003 Gardening in Your Golden Years

July 17, 2003 Not every diseased tree can be saved

July 13, 2003 One Small Garden, Lots of Wildlife Just Outside the Window

July 06, 2003 July in the Tallahassee Garden

July 3, 2003 Leyland Cypress Not Bulletproof

June 29, 2003 Gardening in Small Spaces

June 26, 2003 Use Rain Shutoff Device on Sprinkler System

June 22, 2003 Quick Fixes for Garden Problems

June 19, 2003 Remove Old Flowers to Extend Bloom Season of Flower

June 15, 2003 Plants Contained for Color on Patio and Decks

June 12, 2003 Keep Tomato Plants Healthy

June 8, 2003 You Can Grow Blackberries

June 5, 2003 Some Drake Elms Having Problems

June 01, 2003 - June in the Tallahassee Garden

May 29, 2003 Beware of Wonder Lawngrasses

May 25, 2003 Daylily Rust Update

May 2003 Water Gardens II

May 22, 2003 Mowing Practices Affect Wildflower Establishment

May 11, 2003 Consider flowering vines

May in the Tallahassee Garden

May 1, 2003 Blame mismanagement for dead areas in lawn

April 27, 2003 Saving drought damaged dogwoods

April 24, 2003 See the Master Gardeners’ Garden in Bloom

April 20, 2003 Beautiful Life of the Easter Lily

April 13, 2003 With right plants it's possible to have a garden at the coast

April 10, 2003 - Supplemental Fertilizer Helps Annuals to Flower All Summer Long

April 07, 2003 - April in the Tallahassee Garden

March 30, 2003 Garden Centers Offering Azaleas in Abundance

March 27, 2003 Soil fertility can be amended

March 23, 2003 How To Control Lawn Weeds without Them Controlling Us

March 16, 2003 Best advice for your lawn: now's time to leave it alone!

March 20, 2003 Limited Garden Space? Grow Tomatoes in Containers

March  13, 2003 Are You Using the Right Fertilizer?

March 13, 2003 Start preparing now for planting vegetables

March 9, 2003 Native Spring Flowering Shrubs

March 02, 2003 - March in the Tallahassee Garden

February 27, 2003 It's the Season for Flowering Magnolias!

February 20, 2003 Prepare Annual Beds Well Ahead of Planting for Best Results

February 23, 2003 My Favorite Hollies

February 13, 2003 Two Native Palms for North Florida

February 6, 2003 It's Time to Prune Those Overgrown Fruit Trees

February 02, 2003 - February in the Tallahassee Garden

January 30, 2003 A Perspective on Cold Damage in the Northwest Florida Landscape

January 26, 2003 Using Safer Insecticides in the Garden

January 19, 2003 The Jurassic Garden

January 12, 2003 Planting Trees and Shrubs Now While They're Dormant

January 05, 2003 - January in the Tallahassee Garden

January 9, 2003 Don't Prune Spring-Flowering Shrubs and Trees Now

January 2, 2003 Learn a Lot, Help A Lot as a Master Gardener

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